Sunday 12 January 2014

It was Sunday, under the sign of Capricorn. The US president was Barack Obama (Democratic).
Sholay, directed by Ramesh Sippy, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2014
while Doctor Sleep by Stephen King was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Série Noire.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing The Castle Doctrine or Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Wish him/her..

Historical Events

Which were the important events of 12 January 2014 ?

Holidays:

In USA's Monk, the 4th season episode of MR. MONK AND MRS. MONK (#T-2351) indicates that Monk spilt something on January 12, 1999 during an earthquake. He stated "Earthquakes count, I don't make the rules."

In the television series The X-Files, the third season episode Syzygy, has two girls, Terri & Magi, both born on January 12, 1979. Strange astrological properties with 3+ celestial bodies in alignment gives them great power which they use to kill off several of their high school classmates on their birthday in 1996.

In 2001: A Space Odyssey, the fictional computer HAL becomes operational on January 12. In the movie by Stanley Kubrick, HAL was "born" in 1992, while in the book by Arthur C. Clarke the same event occurs in 1997.

Books

Master storyteller Stephen King’s terrifying sequel to The Shining—an instant #1 New York Times bestseller that is "[a] vivid frightscape" (The New York Times).On highways across America, a tribe of people called the True Knot travel in search of sustenance.

#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERHarvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings.

From America’s preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer’s essential, timeless writings. A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom at every turn, ...